UK political shitshow
Maybe he was thinking about Slovakia, but then that was called Czechoslovakia when the russkies owned it.
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Dumbass.
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Wonder what the chances of Brexit are ,or moving towards one after the vote in March then?
On any Brexit would there be like a bank run on the EURO and into the USD?
On any Brexit would there be like a bank run on the EURO and into the USD?
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The whole referendum thing was non-binding in the first place.
Christ alive, what a sorry state of affairs.
Christ alive, what a sorry state of affairs.
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The current EU configuration will lose multiple countries over the next decade. Better for the UK to be ahead of it than all these divisive gymnastics to keep a weak grip on a dying entity. Look how you've been demonized and condescended to since the Brexit vote. That's the kind of club you are fighting to remain in.
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He was talking about Slovenia, which is on the Adriatic Coast and was, I believe, the first country to extricate itself from the former Yugoslavia.
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Thanks AskJeeves.com.Lucky Lucan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 9:26 pmHe was talking about Slovenia, which is on the Adriatic Coast and was, I believe, the first country to extricate itself from the former Yugoslavia.
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Well said, McPhisto. That is what I have been saying for a while.McPhisto wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:03 pmThe current EU configuration will lose multiple countries over the next decade. Better for the UK to be ahead of it than all these divisive gymnastics to keep a weak grip on a dying entity. Look how you've been demonized and condescended to since the Brexit vote. That's the kind of club you are fighting to remain in.
(I am not fighting to remain in, as most people know.)
I am also cheesed off now with Mr Corbyn, who seems to be supporting another vote. He should have more guts, so now I realise that he is just the same as the other frauds who claim to be against the wider agenda, while furthering their own lust for 'power'.
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Wtf did they join it?McPhisto wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:03 pmThe current EU configuration will lose multiple countries over the next decade. Better for the UK to be ahead of it than all these divisive gymnastics to keep a weak grip on a dying entity. Look how you've been demonized and condescended to since the Brexit vote. That's the kind of club you are fighting to remain in.
Serious question. Which smarmy schmuck persuaded them it was a good idea?
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ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
They joined in 1973 because the EU was sold to them then as simply a trading block. Making trade less cumbersome and less bureaucratic and eliminating borders for goods and services is a very appealing business proposition. But gradually then the unavoidable internal power struggles ensued. The EU evolved and Brusssels started to require (and then force)more and more politcal, social, and economic concessions from its members. But each country still has unique and individual needs and priorites. A strict fishing quota kills the important UK fishing industry but does not equally effect, say, Germany or Poland. Similarly enforcing a random limit of wine production can devastate French and Spanish vineyards but also doesn't affect some other countries. Such broad laws breed justified claims of unfairness and bullying because all impacts are not equally shared. Like any so-called democracy, certain groups with similar national interests routinely vote as a block against other less powerful member's interests.vladimir wrote: ↑Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:25 pmWtf did they join it?McPhisto wrote: ↑Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:03 pmThe current EU configuration will lose multiple countries over the next decade. Better for the UK to be ahead of it than all these divisive gymnastics to keep a weak grip on a dying entity. Look how you've been demonized and condescended to since the Brexit vote. That's the kind of club you are fighting to remain in.
Serious question. Which smarmy schmuck persuaded them it was a good idea?
But the killer blow was the forced acceptance of illegal immigrants under the banner of UN refugees status. The countries which the hordes geographically reach first are the countries least able to handle the massive influx. There are no jobs for them. There is little spare housing for them. Their national budgets are already a shambles and then add millions of hungry, desperate young men in the mix who much more often than not can't speak the local language. This was on top of the mass legal migration of low skill and low wage workers from poorer EU member states into the stronger economic powers like the UK, who tend to compete with locals for lower-skill jobs and bring wages down. That's great for the "haves", but potentially devastating for the "have-nots"...similar to the massive rise in property values that results.
People wanted free trade but got a stern taskmaster and overlord along with it. For some, the negative aspects started to far overtake the earlier benefits of EU investment and stimulus. But the good things the EU did for them become a memory and are taken for granted while the recent perceived negatives are fresh. Perspective and balance gets lost.
That's my simpleton's take on it anyway. Let's hear from a UK referendum voter for their take. Personally, I think a world without a strong UK and a strong, united EU with shared values and common purpose is a terrifying prospect with a resurgent Russia on one hand and the abmitious and empowered Chinese dystopia on the other.
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Thanks, I just find it really hard to believe that nobody included a caveat escape clause..I mean seriously, any lawyer can draft an ante-nuptial agreement, but they didn't foresee the possibility of this? Negligence extremo.
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There is a bulit-in escape clause. Article 50. But the butthurt bully EU feels the need to crush the UK for their democratic exit with the aid of the fearmongering media, the mega-wealthy City of London crowd, and vested UK politicians.
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Here's a very interesting video on how the EU actually works from people on the inside. It's long so here's a timestamp if you can't be bothered to watch the whole thing.
0:15 1. Who are the panelists?
0:46 2. How does the EU Parliament work?
15:45 3. Britain's influence in the EU
23:00 4. Can the EU be reformed?
31:01 5. What's the EU's influence over Britain?
41:50 6. What is the European Arrest Warrant?
46:16 7. What's the situation with taxes?
50:18 8. Do the UKIP MEPs inform the media of all of this?
0:15 1. Who are the panelists?
0:46 2. How does the EU Parliament work?
15:45 3. Britain's influence in the EU
23:00 4. Can the EU be reformed?
31:01 5. What's the EU's influence over Britain?
41:50 6. What is the European Arrest Warrant?
46:16 7. What's the situation with taxes?
50:18 8. Do the UKIP MEPs inform the media of all of this?